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Wash. AG files lawsuit against florist who refused service to gay couple
OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington state Attorney General has filed a consumer protection lawsuit against a florist who refused to provide flowers for the wedding of a same-sex couple.
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‘The New Normal’ star Justin Bartha: An unexpected activist
LOS ANGELES — Justin Bartha never set out to make a political statement when signing on to play a gay, expectant father on NBC’s “The New Normal.” “It’s interesting that television really has swayed the conversation,” Bartha said of the same-sex marriage debate. “You’re just trying to make entertainment.”
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Lesbian couple wins $100,000 Maine ‘dream wedding’ contest
FREEPORT, Maine — A Maine magazine has awarded a wedding valued up to $100,000 to a same-sex couple for its annual wedding contest.
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Florist refuses gay couple’s wedding due to her ‘relationship with Jesus Christ’
RICHLAND Wash. — A flower shop in Washington state has refused to provide flowers for the wedding of a gay couple, who had been using her services for years, because or her “relationship with Jesus Christ.”
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Bakery under investigation for refusing wedding cake for same-sex couple
GRESHAM, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Justice is investigating a complaint that a bakery in Gresham, Ore., refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex wedding, a possible violation of an Oregon law that prohibits discrimination in places of public accommodation.
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Bloomington, Ind., mayor holds symbolic same-sex ‘wedding’ for 13 couples
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The mayor of Bloomington presided over a symbolic “wedding” ceremony for 13 same-sex couples to protest a proposed constitutional amendment banning gay marriage in Indiana.
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Some Maryland county clerks resist officiating same-sex marriages
ST. MARY’S COUNTY, Md. — The Chief Clerk of the Circuit Court for St. Mary’s County, Md., said Thursday that some deputy clerks were opposed to the state’s new law legalizing same-sex marriage, based on their religious convictions and will no longer officiate at wedding ceremonies.
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‘Good Morning America’ weatherman Sam Champion weds partner
ABC’s Good Morning America weather anchor Sam Champion married his partner, artist Rubem Robierb on Friday, in an intimate ceremony in Champion’s New York City apartment.
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Army veteran weds in first same-sex ceremony at West Point Cadet Chapel
WEST POINT, N.Y. — In a historic first for the venerable chapel at the United States Military Academy at West Point, Army veteran Brenda “Sue” Fulton married her longtime partner, Penelope Gnesin, in front of family and friends in a ceremony officiated by Army Chaplain, Colonel J. Wesley Smith of Dover Air Force Base.
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Maryland AG: Same-sex marriage licenses can be processed now for New Year’s Day weddings
ANNAPOLIS, MD — Marriage officials in Maryland can begin processing marriage applications for same-sex couples, allowing them to wed on New Year’s Day, according to an opinion by the state’s Attorney General.